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Nature Viewpoint–Lower Riverview Trail, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Frick Park near Homestead, PA. The route reaches Nature Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 512 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi738 – 1,060 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail 40.41547, -79.91720
Nearest town Homestead, PA

Directions

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Nature Viewpoint–Lower Riverview Trail, 4 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 512 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 738–1,059 ft

Out & Back · Frick Park

Trailhead: Nine Mile Run Trail · 40.41547, -79.91720

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto IHOP Tr., heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading E.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Downhill Drop, heading E.
  14. 450 ftBear left onto Concrete Block Connector, heading N.
  15. 200 ftSharp right onto Upper Concrete Block, heading N.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading N.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Riverview Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right onto Downward Dog Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftSharp left onto Trough Trail, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto IMBA Trail, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Riverview Ext. Trail, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Falls Ravine Trail, heading NE.
  27. 150 ftSharp right onto Nature Trail, heading NW.
  28. 100 ftReach Nature Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Falls Ravine Trail, heading N.
  31. 150 ftTurn left onto Riverview Ext. Trail, heading W.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.1 miBear left onto IMBA Trail, heading W.
  34. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftTurn left onto Trough Trail, heading NW.
  36. 250 ftSharp right onto Downward Dog Trail, heading W.
  37. 50 ftSharp left onto Riverview Trail, heading W.
  38. 0.1 miBear right onto Lower Riverview Trail, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Concrete Block, heading S.
  40. 100 ftSharp left onto Concrete Block Connector, heading SE.
  41. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Drop, heading E.
  43. 450 ftBear left onto Iron Gate Trail, heading E.
  44. 200 ftBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading E.
  45. 350 ftTurn right onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  46. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  47. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  48. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  49. 50 ftBear right onto Refractory Trail, heading SW.
  50. 0.5 miBear left onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading S.
  51. 50 ftBear left onto IHOP Tr., heading SW.
  52. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nine Mile Run Trail, heading SW.
  53. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

52% dirt44% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Browns Hill Road at Parkview Boulevard stop 513 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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